Annotation:Old Johnnie Walker
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OLD JOHNNIE WALKER. AKA and see "Buffalo Gals (1)," "Lubly Fan." English, Air and Sword Dance Tune. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody was collected by Cecil Sharp in December, 1910, from source William Major, who told him it was the old original tune for the Flamborough Sword Dance. The tune is a version of air to the American minstrel tune "Lubly Fan," or, as it is better-known, "Buffalo Gals (1)."
O’d Johnny Walker’s deead and gone, deead and gone, deead and gone,
O’d Johnny Walker’s deead and gone, he never died befoor.
2
He used ti steal o’d stowps n’ rails, stowps n’ rails, stowps n’ rails,
He used ti steal o’d stowps n’ rails ti mak a fire on.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Neal & Carey (The Esperance Morris Book, Part II), 1912; p. 33. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book, vol. 1), 1951; No. 56, p. 28 (appears as "Buffalo Girls"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 145.
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